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With this, we can create a conceptual render of what we may see next flight, if the ship comes back intact. For that though, we’ll just have to wait and see what happens. (Render credit: @thespaceengineer.bsky.social / Interstellar Gateway)

The berth itself was completely clear, with a temporary crane stationed on site. This crane is a Tutt Bryant 275T Crawler Crane, with, you guessed it, a lifting capacity of 275 tons. More than enough to lift a Starship vehicle from the water and on to a barge.

First, looking at the vessel, we can see this large floatation device, called a fender, on the stern section of Renegade. This would aid in floatation of a Starship vehicle while in tow.

Checking in on the Renegade, it returned to Onslow, Australia, on November 24th. It was not carrying anything. However, it provided multiple valuable insights into what we should expect should Starship return intact.

These are the cores for the buoys that observe Starship's landings. Each buoy is comprised of two of these cores, and there's four buoys. Each one gets one core with a prop and an antenna (right side) and another core with cameras and a computer (left side)

Almost all the debris we saw ended up being loaded on to these flatbed trucks. Hopefully, within a month or two, we see these crates turn up at Starbase.

There were also a lot of other objects unloaded that we could not identify. Some of them are featured below.

Additionally, there were these six containers. These are called steel IBC tanks, and can store a wide variety of liquids. We believe these were simply carrying extra fuel for the marine vessel.

Many of these tiles are in surprisingly good condition. Here is a person inspecting a chunk of tiles still held together with glue. This chunk is most likely from the nosecone tip or the forward static aerocover caps of Starship.

There's also the classic piece that we all know and love -- Tiles! Multiple bags containing hundreds of heat shield tiles, presumably sampled from various areas around the ship.

Among the largest debris brought back was four COPV tanks from the ship. There is potential that there was actually eight tanks unloaded, as each of these crates can contain four COPV tanks each, and one of the containers was already sealed by the time we arrived on scene.

Limitless arrived to port first, to Exmouth, Australia, on November 23rd. Here we can see unloading operations actively ongoing.

Offshore support vessel "LIMITLESS" and offshore tug "BHAGWAN RENEGADE" were present at the landing site of Starship during Flight 6. Following splashdown of the vehicle, Starship broke up into multiple sections. These two vessels followed the floating debris for over 27 hours.

A quick disclaimer. All activity and observation here took place under all proper permits and licenses, along with discussions with involved parties. Do NOT attempt operations such as this without these authorizations. All it takes is one person to ruin operations for everyone

Starship S31's debris have returned to Australia!

All sorts of items, ranging from tiles, COPV tanks, and other components from the Starship upper stage have been brought back to shore for further analysis 🧵

(Video version of this thread: youtu.be/Gu5aIMC7NSk)

Starship’s final night under a starry sky 🌌✨

Full star trail 4k timelapse -> youtu.be/uhNXBjamIBA

YouTube video by Interstellar Gateway SpaceX Starship Flight-6: An Interstellar Gateway Launch Experience (4K HDR)

Check out our full footage of Starship Flight 6 launching (and landing!) (Repost due to issues)

youtu.be/zGjQTYG4840?...

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Landscape image of Starship Flight 6

Portrait image of Starship Flight 6

Starship Flight 6 ascends: a collection of wallpapers.

Full res downloads available @ www.brandonwynnphoto.com/Launch

📸 - Brandon Wynn/Interstellar Gateway

#SpaceX launched Booster 13 and Ship 31 for Starship Flight 6 earlier today.
We saw a successful ascent, staging and boostback.
The booster sadly aborted to make a soft landing off the coast.
The ship made it through reentry for a pinpoint landing in the Indian Ocean.

📸 - Brandon Wynn for IGW

We are just under 12 hours away from the sixth flight test and second catch attempt of #SpaceX ‘s Starship!

Watch live at www.youtube.com/live/dkL-1I4...!

📸 - Brandon Wynn/Interstellar Gateway

SpaceX is now targeting Tuesday 19th November at 16:00 local for the launch of Starship Flight 6. We’re ready. Are you? 🚀

📸 - Brandon Wynn/Interstellar Gateway

Engine section of SpaceX’s Super Heavy Booster 12 after catch

Starship Booster 12 just after catch. Only a week to go until we see this again!

Additionally for the action camera bodies that we run, most of them have custom lens mounts installed which lets us put MFT lenses of all types instead of the wide angle stock glass. Means you can stick more fun stuff like telephotos on GoPros. Our favourite is 50mm lenses, helps for most angles

We build external cages to toughen up the cameras and make them more resistant to the angry flying rocks that are launched at t0. Some are 3d printed and some are metal, depends on the location of the camera. Also lets us build in remote triggers, external batteries and networking all in one package

Starship vs heavily modified cameras. Round 6 coming up next!

Team members standing in front of starship

Person watching Starship launch

Starship super heavy booster launching from up close

Hi Bluesky, we forgot to introduce ourselves! We’re a spaceflight-focused media group.
Our main points of focus currently are:
- SpaceX’s Starship
- Blue Origin’s New Glenn
- Falcon 9 & Heavy

We capture insane footage of rocket launches! If it sounds crazy, we’ve thought of it. Follow us for more!

YouTube video by Interstellar Gateway The Lost Starship Flight 5 Footage: CAMERA 9

Full 4K HDR clip: youtu.be/5aj8QHlS_T4

Our footage of #SpaceX #Starship Flight 5 liftoff from just nearby. This camera got rather toasty… but look at those Mach diamonds!

On final descent. Good evening Bluesky 🚀